Couldn't agree more with WillShakespeare2007. Productions of Rameau operas are as rare as hen's teeth in the UK, and I love his music, but as soon as I saw it was going to have roughly the visual appeal of a car boot sale I couldn't bring myself to part with the cash - times are hard. So sad.
Millions in funding and the give us an empty stage and cheap suits for costumes. I was going to go see this but now will skip it. There's a recession on ENO, if normal people are going to shell out this kind of money we want a complete product, not what looks like an improvised version in street clothes. If you want to do a modern Opera then commission one. You describe the opera as a work of ethereal beauty, do you think guys in cheap suits visually represent that? Seriously?
Couldn't agree more with WillShakespeare2007. Productions of Rameau operas are as rare as hen's teeth in the UK, and I love his music, but as soon as I saw it was going to have roughly the visual appeal of a car boot sale I couldn't bring myself to part with the cash - times are hard. So sad.
Adessosf 2 months ago
Millions in funding and the give us an empty stage and cheap suits for costumes. I was going to go see this but now will skip it. There's a recession on ENO, if normal people are going to shell out this kind of money we want a complete product, not what looks like an improvised version in street clothes. If you want to do a modern Opera then commission one. You describe the opera as a work of ethereal beauty, do you think guys in cheap suits visually represent that? Seriously?
WillShakespeare2007 3 months ago